Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
England: Vols. I–IV. 1876–79. | | | | Wootton | | Sonnet Written at Wootton, Kent | | Sir Edgerton Brydges |
| | | YE scenes, my melancholy soul that fill! | |
| Where nature’s voice no crowds tumultuous drown, | |
| And but through breaks of trees, the lawns that crown | |
| The paths of men are seen; and farther still | |
| Scarce peeps the city spire o’er many a hill; | 5 |
| Your green retreats, lone walks, and shadows brown, | |
| While sheep feed round beneath the branches’ frown, | |
| Shall calm my mind and holy thoughts instil. | |
| What though with passion oft my trembling frame | |
| Each real and each fancied wrong inflame, | 10 |
| Wandering alone I here my thoughts reclaim: | |
| Resentment sinks; disgust within me dies; | |
| And charity and meek forgiveness rise, | |
| And melt my soul, and overflow my eyes. | | | | |
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